Funny - the fact that you actually have to swing the thing is the major appeal for me!
 

You are able to calibrate it apparently. You wont need large gestures, instead small gestures with the wrist will be all you really need. You'll probably play it with your arm resting on a knee or the arm of a chair. With that in mind, it may end up to be more comfortable than gripping a standard controller for long periods of time.
 

Gorgon, chuckles... you are to weak too defeat me hwa hwa hwa.Please do 10 pushups and deposit 25 cents to continue

I wonder if Ninetendo will be facing law suits, with torn-ligaments, rotary cuffs and real sprorts like injuries? Not to mention the chances of kids breaking furniture now is going to go through the roof!
 

I agree with nomad -- I'm looking forward to doing some "real" exercise with my gaming!
 

Just a quick note to say that I find your blog one of the most entertaining on the net. The story of your tribulations with the ORC guild is a classic - I actually followed your link to the ORC forums and saw some posts by a chap called Demeju trying to explain away the fact that people who deserted the guild still having access to the secret "officer forum". Demeju sounds like a reasonable chap but however he tries to spin it this still stinks.

Anyway I have a suggestion - please try quitting WOW altogether - I look forward to reading your thoughts on a much wider slice of life and a wider choice of games. I know that being heavily involved in an MMORPG provides an intensity of experience that is difficult to match elsewhere but on a reward per unit of time invested basis it isn't worth it. I quit a week and a half ago and I bear zeal of the recently converted but I am staggered at how little I miss the game and also by how many other things I can enjoy doing in the time I used to pour into WOW.

Finally another request (oops this was supposed to be a short post). I would be interested to hear your thoughts on whether or not MMORPGs always have to be massive time sinks. Given the monthly subscription model there is no incentive for companies to make them so yet for some reason they always are.
 

The only reason I might consider the Wii is because it'll cost 1/3 of my preferred console - the PS3.
 

It isn't that easy to compare the prices for the next generation of consoles, because they are more different from each other than the previous trio. The Wii will be a pure gaming console, doing nothing else, for the lowest cost. The PS3 will be a veritable "entertainment center" with BlueRay DVD player, internet access, hard drive and everything. Of course if you don't need all that and just want to play, the PS3 is too expensive.

I'll buy a PS2 for two reasons: 1) I have a ton of PS2 games which will still run on it. And 2) historically the games on the Playstation suited my personal style better than XBox and Gamecube games. The Playstations tend to have the best choice of RPG and turn-based strategy games. The XBoxes are more for people who like lots of action, and the Nintendo consoles are usually the most child-friendly.
 

That's pretty much my reasoning too, Tobold. I don't actually want or need the other non-game "fluff" on the PS3. I have a nice computer for online things and online games. And I truly love how each iteration of the PS is completely backwards compatible. Means my previous game-buying was not in vain and opens up a vast library of older, (usually) less expensive titles.

Worth mentioning that an additional reason for me is that I love the Final Fantasies, even if I've only actually completed FFVII and FFX. (I own FFIX and FFX-2 - I should probably restart & finish FFIX one of these days. I hated the garment mechanic of FFX-2. Never played FFVIII and don't care too much to give it a go.)